Woman from Sierra Leone held at Mumbai airport with cocaine worth Rs 19.79 crore

An official said, 'We found the items she was carrying, like shoes, moisturiser bottle, shampoo bottle etc., were heavy and rigid. When we checked them, we found white powder concealed in these items.'

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials display items which were used to conceal cocaine after they were seized from a woman at Mumbai airport.

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Mumbai: In a major swoop, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested a female passenger from Sierra Leone with cocaine to the tune of Rs 20 crore.

The suspect was arrested at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai.

Examination of her luggage revealed that the items she was carrying viz. shoes, moisturizer bottle, shampoo bottle and antiperspirants were unusually heavy and rigid.

Based on intelligence developed by DRI, further examination revealed that all of these items contained a white powdery substance ingeniously concealed in them.

“On testing the same using the field test kit, it tested positive for Cocaine. Total 1979 grams of white powdery substance purported to be cocaine with an Illicit market value of approx. Rs. 19.79 crore was seized and the passenger was arrested following her statement. She was remanded to judicial custody,” DRI officials said.